THE Podiatry / Foot and AnkleEducational RESOURCE

My name is Christopher Hood JR, DPM. I am a practicing board-qualified, fellowship-trained podiatrist, completing fellowship in 2016. In addition to my clinical work in practice, I have always had an interest in both growing/expanding the field of podiatry and providing young physicians (students, residents, new graduates/new practitioners) information pertaining to the non medicine side of a career in podiatry. I have had plenty of questions and spent hours looking for guidance when personally going through the process and through this, I have both acquired and compiled helpful hints, resources, and knowledge that have served me well to this point in my career. While many websites exist with general information and resources, is it both (a) not all all in one locations for individuals and (b) is extremely narrowed with respect to podiatrist (i.e., information for podiatrists, by podiatrists). I encountered many difficulties trying to figure out the process with the help of long nights searching the internet and using the personal and professional connections made through networking to figure out the best way for me to transition from student to resident to new practitioner. This includes how to approach both school and residency, how to set yourself up for your first job during residency, hints and tips for the job search, creating and formalizing a cover letter and resume, and ways to prepare for ones first job once the contract is signed.

​From these efforts, the creation of this website was intended to give back to those who are where I once (recently) was and provide an insight into all of these various topics from my trials and tribulations. I wanted to create a location where as much of the information I found could be placed in one location, to make a "one stop shop" for those in the student to first 3-5 years of practice category.Here you will find information for students and residents interested in foot and ankle surgery, as well as useful information for the job search, fellowship (podiatric), new practitioners, and physicians in practice. There are also pages dedicated to the transition from "Student to Resident" and "Resident to New Practitioner." This information is salient to both those entering a career in podiatric and foot and ankle orthopaedics medicine. Please check out the various pages of what I feel is helpful information (with advice and recommendations) that I have have organized based on my past experiences.Transition Resources (Student --> Resident --> New Practitioner) Navigation through the various level can be done here or clicking the links below to find resources into the field of podiatry for:

Given the ever increasing complexity of physician Employment Agreements arrangements, and the restrictions being placed on physicians’ ability to practice in today’s employment marketplace, a thorough review of physician employment agreements is more prudent than ever. The more qualified people who can review the contract, the better. To that end, ​I perform contract review for graduating residents. See the PODIATRIC PHYSICIAN CAREER SERVICES section of my website for more information or review the Contract of Service document.

Foot and Ankle - Medical / Surgical Resources Furthermore, I wanted to create a resource for research and academic review, whether for the student, resident, or new practitioner. To this end, first you will find pages about how to get into research and some helpful resources to make the process less daunting. Finally, you will find pages (a work in progress) about various foot and ankle pathology for both the surgical and medicine side of foot and ankle topics. I have tried to place in one locations helpful websites, journal articles, videos, pictures, etc (any resource I could find) when preparing for surgical cases as well as resources I have used to treat office pathology. This information could be helpful for those of any age in trying to increase knowledge about a topic. There are also lists of important foot/ankle related journals and textbooks, as well as general medicine textbooks to expand your medical knowledge to related disciplines (e.g., infectious disease, plastic surgery, radiology, rheumatology, etc)

Foot and Ankle - Patient Resources Finally, I wanted to create a resource for patients. On the site, there is information regarding various foot and ankle pathology (patient-level information), surgery, and resources that may be of benefit to someone with a foot/ankle condition. There is a page with links to various foot and ankle pathology website and a second page with information/links to common foot and ankle issue encountered by patients.​ My overall goal of this site is to make the dissemination of information more straightforward and concise in one location. All of this is subjective and based on my experiences and searching. I found much of the information presented here when I was going through the student to resident to attending progression and now starting out reviewing for surgery and office-related pathology.

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Please review the Medical / Legal DisclaimerNOTE: I welcome users to contact me with any questions or suggestions. This website is a work-in-progress. Some pages are currently blank and will be expanded on. This site is something created, expanded on/worked on in my free time and is always being added to.